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Psalm 84 is a “Pilgrimage Psalm” encouraging the faithful as they travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the prescribed Feasts. The psalmist describes his powerful longing to be in the Temple, in the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. He is passionate in his love for God’s house and the whole direction of his life, not just his pilgrim journey, is aimed godward. He knows, as we all are encouraged to remember, that God meets us in physical time and space, in locations, like the Temple, in a person–Jesus, and as we gather as his people in the local church.